lol. Yeah you can do that as well, or go to system prefs from lion and go to start up disk then choose your os. I have done all 3 ways. and all of them work. It just depends on what you want to do in regards to starting up. On Aug 4, 2012, at 2:54 PM, John Gunn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Mark: > > You could also hit command-r, then hit the power button. > > Wait a couple of seconds, and after a bit hit command-F5 which will bring up > VO. Next do command-q and you should be presented a startup disk. > > Or to make things really simple, if in Lion, system preference and startup > disk. > > This will also working going back from ML to Lion. > > > On Aug 4, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Mark Furness <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My I Mac is running Lion. >> My external has Mountain Lion on it. >> 1. I hold down the option key while it is booting up. >> 2. When the Mac start up sound is heard, I let go of the option key. >> 3. I have hit the left arrow and my Mac does not start. >> 4. I have also hit the right arrow key and the Mac does not start up either. >> 5. If I do nothing from start up, it goes into M L. >> >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> All I wish to do is play with M L for a while, befor installing it over Lion. >> >> Mark >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
